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Palestinian Bedouin prepare to flee Jordan Valley village due to harassment by Jewish settlers

(11 Jan 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Ras Ein al-Auja, West Bank - 11 January 2026 1. Various of Palestinian villagers dismantling their shelters 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassan Mohammad, Ras Ein el-Auja resident: “The settler attacks, he comes and enters homes one by one, and there's no one to stop him or prevent him from entering. His sheep share our sheep's food, and no one can say a word to him. If anyone dares to stop them, the army comes and arrests them.” 3. Villagers on roof 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Eyad Isaac, Ras Ein el-Auja resident: “The settlers attack us day and night, they have displaced us. They harass us in every way. We haven't had water for days. They intimidate the children and women and terrorise us day and night.” 5. Various of villagers 6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nayef Zayed, Ras Ein el-Auja resident: “Where will we go? There's nowhere. We're scattered. Where will we go? Honestly, we're scattered. Everyone has to leave on their own. People have no shelter. Some might stay temporarily with relatives. I don't know. People's situation is bad. Very bad.” 7. Children standing near shelter, seen from inside STORYLINE: Families from one of the last remaining Palestinian Bedouin villages in the dusty corridor between Ramallah and Jericho packed up and prepared to flee their homes on Sunday, saying harassment by Jewish settlers living in unauthorised outposts nearby had grown unbearable. The village, Ras Ein el-Auja, was originally home to some 700 people, about 130 families which lived there for dozens of years. At least one fifth - 26 families from the village -- already left on Thursday, scattering across the territory in search of safer ground, say rights groups. Several more families are planning to leave. “We have been suffering greatly from the settlers," said resident, Nayef Zayed, as neighbours took down sheep pens and tin structures. "Every day, they come on foot, or on tractors, or on horseback with their sheep into our homes. They enter people’s homes daily,” he added. Other residents pledge to stay put. That means they will be the last Palestinians standing in the area, says Sarit Michaeli, International Director at B’Tselem, an Israeli rights group. She said that mounting settler violence has already emptied out all nearby Palestinian hamlets in Area C - the 60% of the West Bank that has remained under Israeli military control since interim peace accords from the 1990s. Settler violence on Ras Ein al-Auja began intensifying after the October 7, 2023 attacks, said Palestinians. Until recently, people there were able to stay put. But in December, settlers put up an outpost about 50 metres (164 feet) from a Palestinian home in the village, according to activists for Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine. Since then, settlers have made life unbearable, Palestinians said. Shepherds’ cars had rocks thrown through the windshields and sheep and laundry were stolen. International activists had to begin escorting the children to school to keep them safe. “The settlers attack us day and night, they have displaced us, they harass us in every way” said resident, Eyad Isaac. “They intimidate the children and women.” Residents said their calls for help go unanswered by Israeli police and the settlers act with impunity. Settlement expansion has been promoted by successive Israeli governments over nearly six decades, but Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has made it a top priority. Their presence is viewed by most of the international community as a major obstacle to peace. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...